Concealed carry permits gain popularity

MEXICANS ARE NOW LICENSED TO CARRY CONCEALED GUNS AND TONIGHT A WARNING FOR PURSE-SNATCHERS WE DID A LITTLE DIGGING AND FOUND THAT A LOT OF THOSE NEW MEXICANS LICENSED TO PACK HEAT ARE WOMEN — AND A LOT OF THEM ARE ELDERLY SHELTON DODSON IS LIVE AT PASEO AND I-25 WITH A SURPRISING LOOK AT WHO S CARRYING GUNS IN THE STATE — SHELTON AS EXPECTED MOSTLY MEN HAVE CONCEALED CARRY PERMITS IN OUR STATE BUT WHAT MAY SURPRISE IS THE NUMBER OF SENIOR CITIZENS LICENSED TO CARRY — AND THAT GOES FOR BOTH MEN AND WOMEN Sounds of gunfire ROGER BELL KNOWS MORE THAN MOST WHEN IT COMES TO GUNS HE IS A CERTIFIED INSTRUCTOR FOR CONCEALED CARRY PERMITS IN NEW MEXICO — A STATE THAT HAS SEEN A 63-PERCENT INCREASE IN VALIDATED LICENSES IN THE PAST 12- MONTHS ALONE Sounds of gunfire AND WHILE MEN OWN THE MAJORITY OF THE LICENSES WOMEN ARE GAINING GROUND IN THE FIVE YEARS THAT NEW MEXICO S CONCEALED CARRY LAW HAS BEEN AROUND MORE THAN 11-THOUSAND MEN HAVE HELD A LICENSE BUT WOMEN ARE BEING CERTIFIED AS WELL — WITH NEARLY ONE OUT OF EVERY FIVE LICENSES BEING ISSUED TO A FEMALE Just the increase in women who are looking for again the ability to defend themselves whether it is with concealed carry firearms or tasers pepper spray whatever just basic self-defense knowledge has been increasing steadily for the last couple of years WE ALSO DECIDED TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE AGES OF THOSE WITH CONCEALED CARRY LICENSES OF THE 11- THOUSAND 255 MEN WHO VE HAD A LICENSE AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS — A QUARTER OF THEM ARE 65 AND OLDER AS FOR THE 26- HUNDRED PLUS PERMITS ISSUED TO WOMEN IN THAT TIME IT S 12-PERCENT OR 322 SENIOR CITIZEN WOMEN PACKING HEAT IN NEW MEXICO AS FOR THE OLDEST PEOPLE ISSUED CONCEALED CARRIED LICENSES IN NEW MEXICO — THERE ARE TWO WOMEN IN GRANT COUNTY WHO ARE AT LEAST 85-YEARS OLD AND NORTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE SHELTON DODON EYEWITNESS N THIS EVENING — AND SHOWERS ARE SKIRTING AROUND THE METRO AREA